TOKYO -- Japan next year will start subsidizing companies and schools working together to set up educational programs, Nikkei has learned.
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Japan, which lags other countries when it comes to private sector involvement in higher education, intends to start catching up. (Photo by Shihoko Nakaoka)
TOKYO -- Japan next year will start subsidizing companies and schools working together to set up educational programs, Nikkei has learned.